President Carter’s birthday yesterday reminded me that it’s never bad to salute some legends of my youth while they are blessedly still with us. I’m sure I’m forgetting many. But these four came to mind. 🙏🙏
A few more American Legends worthy of being honored.
Banning marijuana from the Olympics, but not alcohol, is just a tiny microcosm of the disproportionate drug sentencing along racial lines that have hit minority cultures for over a century.
In the early 20th century, pot was perceived by American lawmakers as a drug only used by Mexican immigrants. As such, the sentencing was always disproportionately harsher than that for “white person drugs” like pills or alcohol. No matter the physiological effects.
American drug sentencing has always been as much about “who” than “what.” It explains the wildly dissimilar sentencing guidelines for crack and powder cocaine. Powder was seen as party drug for rich white people. Crack is not seen that way. The sentencing fully reflects that.
Flyers
Astros
Auburn FB
Blues
Arsenal
LSU FB
Liverpool
Blue Jays
Ravens
Blackhawks
Favorite Music Act
Tied for 50th, 4 votes
Heart
Sinatra
Buffett
Pink Martini
Monkees
Tower of Power
NIN
Mavericks
Bee Gees
Bruno Mars
Cheap Trick
Stevie Wonder
Keith Urban
Skynyrd
Chris Cornell
Yes
Gaga
Chicago
Peter Gabriel
Weezer
Elvis Costello
Favorite Sports Team
Tied for 46th, 5 votes:
Avalanche
Michigan FB
Oregon
Redskins
Orioles
Maple Leafs
SA Spurs
USWNT soccer
NZ All Blacks rugby
Michigan St.
Mariners
NY Rangers
Bama FB
Kentucky BB
Happy Memorial Day. It’s time to grab a McDLT and a Bartles & Jaymes. Because part 2 of our 80s New Wave countdown is about to resume. If you need a moment to catch up, the 1st half is readily available on my feed. Now, as they say, on with the countdown...
160. Echo & Bunnymen- Bring on the Dancing Horses 159. Cure-Lovesong 158. X- Los Angeles 157. Police- Every Breath You Take 156. R.E.M. - The One I Love 155. Culture Club- Church of the Poison Mind 154. Simple Minds- Promised You a Miracle 153. Big Country- Fields of Fire
152. Style Council- My Ever changing Moods 151. David Bowie- China Girl 150. Dead Kennedys- Holiday in Cambodia 149. Spandau Ballet- Communication 148. Pretenders- Precious 147. Men at Work- Down Under 146. Adam & the Ants- Stand and Deliver 145. ABC- The Look of Love
Okay, I didn’t plan on doing a 3rd Memorial Day Weekend Countdown. But I’m home, I’m sad, let’s do this. It’s the granddaddy of them all:
Modern Rock songs of the 80’s a la 91X/ KROQ/Live 105/ WBRU.
Hop in Doc Brown’s DeLorean—Our trip back to the 80’s begins shortly.
310. Cult-Fire Woman 309. U2-Everlasting Love 308. RHCP-Higher Ground 307. Siouxsie & Banshees- Peek a Boo 306. Depeche Mode- Route 66 305. Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile 304. Smithereens-Blood & Roses 303. Alphaville- Big in Japan 302. R.E.M.- Superman 301. Erasure-Oh l’amour
300. Fine young Cannibals- Good Thing 299. Social Distortion- Prison Bound 298. Peter Gabriel- Sledgehammer 297. INXS- This Time 296. Band Aid- Do they know it’s Xmas 295. Big Audio Dynamite-Bottom Line 294. Frankie goes to Hollywood-Two Tribes 293. Culture Club-I’ll tumble 4 ya